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China remains embedded in US energy networks 'for the purpose of taking it down'
Three new threat groups began targeting critical infrastructure last year, while a well-known Beijing-backed crew - Volt Typhoon - continued to compromise cellular gateways and routers, and then break into US electric, oil, and gas companies in 2025, according to Dragos' annual threat report published on Tuesday.…
US lawyers fire up privacy class action accusing Lenovo of bulk data transfers to China
A US law firm has accused Lenovo of violating Justice Department strictures about the bulk transfer of data to foreign adversaries, namely China.…
Polish cops nab 47-year-old man in Phobos ransomware raid
Polish police have arrested and charged a man over ties to the Phobos ransomware group following a property raid.…
UK.gov launches cyber 'lockdown' campaign as 80% of orgs still leave door open
Britain is telling businesses to "lock the door" on cybercrims as new government data suggests most still haven't even found the latch.…
Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X's Grok AI accused of undressing people
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the latest regulator to open an investigation into Elon Musk's X following repeated reports of harmful image generation by the platform's Grok AI chatbot.…
MoD ticks shopping list as PM considers weapons budget boost
Keir Starmer could ramp up the UK's defense spending plans faster than planned as the MoD reeled off new purchases for Britain's armed forces.…
Canada Goose ruffles feathers over 600K record dump, says leak is old news
Canada Goose says an advertised breach of 600,000 records is an old raid and there are no signs of a recent compromise.…
Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake
Dutch police have arrested a man for "computer hacking" after accidentally handing him their own sensitive files and then getting annoyed when he didn't hand them back.…
You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised
Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three popular password managers, all of which claim to protect user credentials in the event that their servers are compromised.…
Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security
fosdem 2026 Open source registries are in financial peril, a co-founder of an open source security foundation warned after inspecting their books. And it's not just the bandwidth costs that are killing them.…
Google patches Chrome zero-day as in-the-wild exploits surface
Google has quietly pushed out an emergency Chrome fix after attackers were caught exploiting the browser's first reported zero-day of 2026.…
US appears open to reversing some China tech bans
Asia In Brief The United States may be about to change its policies regarding Chinese technology companies.…
Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ
Infosec in Brief The former General Manager of defense contractor L3Harris’s cyber subsidiary Trenchant sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, according to a court filing last week.…
Attackers finally get around to exploiting critical Microsoft bug from 2024
Ignore patches at your own risk. According to Uncle Sam, a SQL injection flaw in Microsoft Configuration Manager patched in October 2024 is now being actively exploited, exposing unpatched businesses and government agencies to attack.…
Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper
The Netherlands' largest mobile network operator (MNO) has admitted that a breach of its customer contact system may have affected around 6.2 million people.…
Enforcing piracy policy earned helpdesk worker death threats
On Call Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that tells your tech support tales.…
30+ Chrome extensions disguised as AI chatbots steal users' API keys, emails, other sensitive data
More than 30 malicious Chrome extensions installed by at least 260,000 users purport to be helpful AI assistants, but they steal users' API keys, email messages, and other personal data. Even worse: many of these are still available on the Chrome Web Store as of this writing.…
Who's the bossware? Ransomware slingers like employee monitoring tools, too
Your supervisor may like using employee monitoring apps to keep tabs on you, but crims like the snooping software even more. Threat actors are now using legit bossware to blend into corporate networks and attempt ransomware deployment.…
Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day, possibly exploited by commercial spyware
Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting every iOS version since 1.0, used in what the company calls an "extremely sophisticated attack" against targeted individuals.…
Supply chain attacks now fuel a 'self-reinforcing' cybercrime economy
Cybercriminals are turning supply chain attacks into an industrial-scale operation, linking breaches, credential theft, and ransomware into a "self-reinforcing" ecosystem, researchers say.…